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Centralism vs Localism: The Future of Planning

Explore the perspectives of a lawyer on the future of planning, focusing on housing development, town centers, and infrastructure. Discusses long-term issues such as demographic trends, dispersal policies, retail and leisure trends, and infrastructure investment. Provides insights on the challenges and opportunities presented by centralism and localism in planning decisions.

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Centralism vs Localism: The Future of Planning

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  1. The Future of Planning – A lawyer’s perspective…Housing, Town Centres and Infrastructure Richard Ford, Partner, Pinsent Masons T: 0121 260 4009 E: richard.ford@pinsentmasons.com

  2. Centralism (Red) v Localism (Blue)

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  4. 1. Centralism v Localism: Housing Development

  5. 1. Centralism v Localism: Housing Development Long Term Issues: 1. Demographic trends?

  6. 1. Centralism v Localism: Housing Development • 2. Dispersal policy v urban extensions and garden cities? Princess Anne: 'Build New Homes In Villages' The Princess Royal has entered the political debate on housing warning against giant estates to meet the need for new homes. 12:28pm UK, Saturday 22 February 2014

  7. 1. Centralism v Localism: Housing Development • Affordable housing v sustainability (zero carbon)? • More limited building on floodplains … or “floating homes”?

  8. 2. Centralism v Localism: Town Centres

  9. 2. Centralism v Localism: Town Centres • Long Term Issues: • Retail trends: • Destination/experience shops • “Click and collect” • Further banking branch closures • Retail “trading” centres? • 2. Leisure trends: • Hotels market reasonable • Sports stadia redevelopments • Horse racing tracks redevelopments

  10. 2. Centralism v Localism: Town Centres Retail Futures 2018argues that high streets are threatened by the current changes in retail structures and shows that the town centres of 153 UK towns (41% of the total) will experience a rapid decline as a result of changing retail patterns and need to shrink to survive. Retail Futures 2018recommends that a pump-priming fund of £320 million is required to start redeveloping these problem town centres to turn failing and empty shops into good residential accommodation, create more service/entertainment/leisure outlets, and/or provide offices, doctor's surgeries, classrooms/meeting rooms or other facilities for which there may be a local demand. As a result of this policy perhaps 15,000 - 20,000 new homes could be created over four years.

  11. 3. Centralism v Localism: Infrastructure

  12. 3. Centralism v Localism: Infrastructure Long Term Issues: • International and pension fund investment • Energy, roads, rail, airports • Government programme • Strategic CIL for LEPs • TIF • Road pricing

  13. Roll on the next five years... • General Election as usual will no doubt set us on some new paths: • Lord Adonis – Labour think tank • DCLG – Government think thank

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  17. The Future of Planning – A lawyer’s perspective…Housing, Town Centres and Infrastructure Richard Ford, Partner, Pinsent Masons T: 0121 260 4009 E: richard.ford@pinsentmasons.com

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